/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012  Christian Autermann, Dustin Demuth, Maurin Radtke
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
package de.ifgi.fmt.json;

import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;

/**
 * Decodes a Json Object
 * 
 * @author Autermann, Demuth, Radtke
 * @param <T>
 *            a type which has to be decoded
 */
public interface JSONDecoder<T> {

	/**
	 * 
	 * @param j
	 *            a Json Object
	 * @return A Decoded Type
	 * @throws JSONException
	 */
	public T decode(JSONObject j) throws JSONException;

}
